The Movie Download Revolution

I first started watching movies at home in the 1980s. In those days there was a great big battle raging between three different systems: VHS, Sony Betamax, and Philips as to which one would finally corner the market in movie viewing at home. In the end as we all know, VHS won out, although many experts thought the Betamax was better. But such is the nature of the market place. I can remember thinking how fragile a video tape seemed to be and how it would last a lifetime as it would need to do. Well, as it turned out, the video cassette did not need to last a lifetime, since it was very soon superseded by the dvd. Finally it seemed that you would no longer have the problem of going to the video store to get a video tape that then jammed or did not play back properly.

I remember when we first saw dvds. It seemed incredible that the picture could be so clear and realistic! And there was virtually no background hiss. This was due to the revolutionary digital playback method. However there was still the problem that you had to trudge over to the dvd store to get your dvd to rent or buy. And once dvds started to get a bit old, we discovered that careless use by a previous renter could cause scratches which made the picture skip. Also you might find that the movie of your choice was not available or was not in stock at your local store.

Renting or buying dvds on the internet from Amazon or one of the large supermarket chains that are sent to you through the mail seemed to provide the solution to some of these problems. You could sit at home with no hassle and your movies would come to you. But this time, although you always get a vast range to choose from, the problem is that you do not get the movie right away you have to wait for the postman to bring it to you. By that time you might not be in the mood for that movie!

But now it really does seem like ALL the problems have been solved.

Now you can download movies, with perfect picture quality, delivered instantly. And you can watch them right away. You only have to make sure that the website you obtain them from is operating legally, but apart from that, it is the most hassle free method of watching movies that we have seen in all of history!